Dean Karras, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Wilmington, NC
Dean Karras, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1265472278, issued on Jun 7, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9401429, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dean Karras
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9401429 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5145 S College RD, Wilmington, NC 28412
- Phone
- (910) 792-1144
- Enumerated
- Jun 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 18, 2025
- Fax
- (910) 550-3787
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100621000069); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1993
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5145 S College RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Dean Karras in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9401429Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
16,500 Medicare Part D claims for 947 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 749 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium1,011 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium722 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate557 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium529 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium524 claims
- Losartan Potassium478 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $16.96
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Novant Health Medical Group Coastal Region LLCLeland, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dean Karras among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Dean Karras, MD is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
108 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Wilmington
They are 108 of the 6,526 NPPES records with a practice address in Wilmington, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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- Dixon Gregory, MDWilmington, NC 284121518947951
- Khaled HimedWilmington, NC 284121679153688
- Stephanie Holt, MDWilmington, NC 284121982098828
- Shona Martin, MDWilmington, NC 284121700826724
Common questions
What is Dean Karras, MD's NPI number?
Dean Karras, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265472278, issued on Jun 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dean Karras, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5145 S College RD, Wilmington, NC, 28412. Phone: (910) 792-1144. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dean Karras, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9401429, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Dean Karras, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dean Karras, MD had 16,500 Medicare Part D claims for 947 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.